For Sen. Raphael Warnock, President Jimmy Carter was a hero he got to know in real life.
“Jimmy CarterAmerican is one of my favorite people. He is an American hero. And I’m so proud that he’s from our great state of Georgia,” Warnock said.
Even traveling down to Plains to pray with the Carter family as the president was in hospice care in his home.
His final visits with Jimmy Carter was as a pastor, not a politician.
“To pray with him in the months when he was in hospice, to visit with him, to read scripture, to pray with him, the Christian brother, is a deep honor, and it’s something that continues to bless my life and inspire my approach to leadership,” Warnock told Channel 2 investigative reporter Justin Gray.
Members of Congress were among the first who were able to pay their respects at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday as former President Jimmy Carter lies in state.
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